TikTok went dark for a few hours in the U.S. before the ban was suddenly reversed Sunday. Here's what to know about President Trump's executive order.
For many of America’s 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump’s move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration. But in China, where TikTok’s parent company is based,
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law banning the app if it is not sold. The social media platform briefly went dark in the US days before Trump took office, after the Supreme Court denied a bid by its Chinese owner ByteDance to overturn the legislation.
TikTok users in the U.S. flurried to social media platform X to complain that the ByteDance-owned app that went dark late on Jan. 18 was still unavailable to download on Apple and Google’s app stores,
As he promised Sunday, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive action that delays enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days.
A number of social-media posts claim that the Chinese-owned app is blocking content that is critical of the new president.
During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed threats to U.S. national security.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US could have "a joint venture" with TikTok.
He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.
President Donald Trump notably called for a ban of TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns.
The president-elect rallied with supporters in Washington, previewing executive orders he plans to sign on Day 1 and dancing with the Village People.